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Violence prevention awards

- RIDGEWAY. ELEMENTARY
school staff received a
Violence Prevention Award on

_ Wednesday honoring five years
of work to keep the school free
of violence.

By Anna Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter

“t's. wonderful to be recognized,
The kids were very proud of then
selves." said principal Frank
Baumann.

Ridgeway elementary staff teach
students assertiveness training to
help resolve conflicts. Students are
encouraged to express their feelings
when disagreement with other stu-
dents arises,

“That slows down the situation,
It makes the person, who is aggres-
sive think and take some time to
telate to this person in a new way,
not as a bedy in the way, but as a
real person,” said aumann,

He said apologies usually come
too iate in a violent conflict and stu-
dents are advised to “squeeze in an
apology early” to a avoid a physical
confrontation.

Baumann said the conflict train-
ing has paid.off with incidents of
school yard violence decreasing in
the past five years.

_. Ridgeway elementary: school
was the group winner in the annual
North = Vancouver Violence
Prevention Awards sponsored by
“North Vancouver city end district
and the North Vancouver Chamber
of Commerce.

The individual category winner

_ was Franca Bertoncin of North

= Shore Health. She is the driving

«force behind the Together Against
’ Violence campaign. Bertoncin has
worked on ‘other violence- -preven-
‘ don programs.

. Individuals who received certifi-
cates. of recognition were:

North Vancouver RCMP Insp.
Jamie Graham for a police “zero tol-

rance” policy on violence against
‘omen in relationships; «

Jane Franklin, Alex Mckay and

Mark Hartle, founding members of
the Lower Lonsdale Community
Action Network, a neighborhood
council working to improve the
~ safety, security and quality of life in
the community;
& Max Wolfe and John Twynstra,
North Shore Neighborhood House
: volunteers who work in youth pro-
grams; ; ;

Pam Horton, North Shore Dis-
ability Resource centre worker who
has‘ ensured the centre has partici-
pated in anti-violence programs:
Lower Lonsdale Community. Pol-
icing Centre Business Watch volun-
teers who have worked in crime pre-

ivention related to the community's
; business district;
& Lynn Valley Community Policing
Centre volunteer team for address-
ing violence issues in the communi-

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Special recognition in die group
ealegory went lo:

Bioihe North Shore News for a
series of articles relating to the
Together Against Violence cam-
paign:

B the Canadian Red Cross for its
child abuse prevention program tor

adolescents:

B Lions Gate Hospital's Cade

Green program which involves

trained staff wha use non-violent
is interventions with phy: steatlly

_ or verbally aggressive patients and

their families:

B® Vancouver Police — Unian
Charitable Foundation which pro-
vides child abuse prevention hand-
books for free -ta North Shore
Community Services.

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- how they successfully deal with conflict in a non-violent way.